Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Age-Specific All-Cause Mortality During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Faust J, Renton B, Bongiovanni T, Chen A, Sheares K, Du C, Essien U, Fuentes-Afflick E, Haywood T, Khera R, King T, Li S, Lin Z, Lu Y, Marshall A, Ndumele C, Opara I, Loarte-Rodriguez T, Sawano M, Taparra K, Taylor H, Watson K, Yancy C, Krumholz H. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Age-Specific All-Cause Mortality During the COVID-19 Pandemic. JAMA Network Open 2024, 7: e2438918. PMID: 39392630, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.38918.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCOVID-19 public health emergencyNon-HispanicPublic health emergencyOther Pacific IslanderExcess mortalityAlaska NativesUS populationExcess deathsRates of excess mortalityCross-sectional study analyzed dataYears of potential lifeMortality relative riskNon-Hispanic whitesCross-sectional studyPacific IslandersStudy analyzed dataAll-cause mortalityEthnic groupsMortality disparitiesMortality ratioTotal populationDeath certificatesEthnic disparitiesMain OutcomesDecedent ageImpact of Sex Differences on Clinical Outcomes in Patients Following Primary Revascularization for Acute Myocardial Infarction ― Insights From the Japanese Nationwide Registry ―
Hoshi T, Sawano M, Kohsaka S, Ishii H, Amano T, Takeuchi T, Takahashi J, Hiraya D, Watabe H, Ishizu T, Kozuma K. Impact of Sex Differences on Clinical Outcomes in Patients Following Primary Revascularization for Acute Myocardial Infarction ― Insights From the Japanese Nationwide Registry ―. Circulation Journal 2024, 88: 1211-1222. PMID: 38684394, DOI: 10.1253/circj.cj-23-0966.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAcute myocardial infarctionAll-cause mortalityPost-discharge outcomesCrude all-cause mortalityAssociated with all-cause mortalityOne-year all-causeChronic kidney diseaseRates of in-hospital mortalityAcute myocardial infarction patientsPatient-level dataPrevalence of comorbiditiesJapanese Association of Cardiovascular InterventionPost-discharge prognosisAll-causeIn-hospital mortalityNationwide cohortNationwide registriesOutcomes RegistryJ-PCICardiovascular mortalityClinical outcomesSex differencesJapanese nationwide registryRisk profileImpact of sex